Heather Alicia Simms
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Formats
Description
"The Kitchen House continues the story of Jamie Pyke, son of both a slave and master of Tall Oakes, whose deadly secret compels him to take a treacherous journey through the Underground Railroad ... This ... stand-alone novel opens in 1830, and Jamie, who fled from the Virginian plantation he once called home, is passing in Philadelphia society as a wealthy white silversmith. After many years of striving, Jamie has achieved acclaim and security, only...
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Confirmed bachelor Don has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don begins to resign himself to being alone and left to his own devices. However, he becomes compelled to reflect on his past when he receives a mysterious pink letter by mail. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate the contents of the letter by his closest friend and neighbor,...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Description
"Get Out meets The Devil Wears Prada in this electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing. Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and microaggressions, she's thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They've only...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Description
From the New York Times Bestselling Author of An American Marriage
"A love story . . . Full of perverse wisdom and proud joy . . . Jones's skill for wry understatement never wavers."
-O: The Oprah Magazine
"Silver Sparrow will break your heart before you even know it. Tayari Jones has written a novel filled with characters I'll never forget. This is a book I'll read more than once."
-Judy Blume
With the opening line of Silver Sparrow,...
Author
Publisher
HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Founder of The Potter's House, T.D. Jakes is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling author. Based on Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the Seventh Day, a film Jakes himself produced, this riveting novel features David and Kari, a successful, church-going couple whose life is upended when their young daughter is abducted. It appears that the child has been taken by a serial killer who dispatches his victims after seven days of imprisonment. Compounding
...Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Formats
Description
From her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history, from her darkest hours to her happiest moments and everything in between. My Love Story is an explosive and inspiring story of a woman who dared to break any barriers put in her way. Emphatically showcasing Tina's signature blend of strength, energy, heart, and soul, this...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
With a combination of storytelling, cartoons, and fly-on-the-wall discussions from their workshops, Faber and King provide concrete tools and tips that will transform your relationship with the young kids in your life. What do you do with a little kid who... won't brush her teeth... screams in his car seat... pinches the baby... refuses to eat vegetables... throws books in the library... runs rampant in the supermarket? Organized according to common...